40 years after its original release, Penthouse Films International presents a completely new cut of the shocking cult classic Caligula, featuring an unprecedented amount of never-before-seen footage. One of the biggest scandals in cinema history, the notoriously decadent film is finally presented in the manner it was always intended to be seen.
After murdering his adoptive grandfather, the Emperor Tiberius, Caligula seizes power and begins to dismantle the Roman Empire from within. A treatise on the corrupting influence of power, Caligula undertakes a harrowing journey through depravity, madness, and destruction.
Filmography: Monamour (2005), The Flying Saucer (1964).
For viewers 18 and older
The film contains scenes of a disturbing nature
Caligula the" ultimate cut "
From an article published in the magazine " Decider " On 20.5.23
"... Thomas Negovan’s herculean efforts, a three-year process during which he sifted through 96 hours of preserved footage from the notorious original shoot, have elevated the carnal carnival to its originally intended glory. The initially enlisted screenwriter Gore Vidal envisioned a profane political satire on the speed and intensity with which unchecked power corrupts, a decadent sin-a-palooza addressing an America at the tail end of the indulgent, onanistic “Me Decade.” As explained by a series of title cards tacked onto the new-and-drastically-improved edit, producer and Penthouse founder Bob Guccione ran roughshod over Vidal’s script, just the beginning of a shitshow production that saw all major creative personnel either quit, get fired, or be physically barred from entering the set. Concerned about earning potential, Guccione shot and inserted additional passages of hardcore penetration not fully excised by Negovan, but scaled back to make room for the substance of the story. As masturbation fodder, it’s not very good, the wide-shot cinematography and noxious lecher vibes both killing any sense of intimacy, passion, or even simple pleasure. As cinema, however, there’s plenty to be said for the motion picture once declared a “moral holocaust” in the pages of Variety...
Initial director Tinto Brass, called in after John Huston and Lina Wertmüller politely declined, understood that the scope of the revelry scenes had to live up the infamously lavish reputation of the crumbling civilization in which they were set. In some cases, the most over-the-top set pieces were actual pieces on the set: spinning plates miraculously holding themselves up, an indoor ship with rowing oars that carry it nowhere, a gargantuan contraption of spinning razors that functions like a lawnmower meant for decapitation. Production designer Danilo Donati was encouraged to go nuts in codifying the overall aesthetic, a directive he took fully to heart, splaying a ravishing rainbow of lurid color all over the costumes and walls. Guccione wanted his magnum opus to rival Citizen Kane, and maybe it does, if not on greatness, then on its own insistent significance...
Charles Bramesco
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